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Opinion: 4 Things You Should Think About Before Buying a Sports Car

Clean Fleet Report

If you spend most of the week huddled in a conference room or behind a computer, spend the rest of the day indoors, perhaps an expensive sports car is not your ideal possession. Personal tastes and preferences, such as transmission type and color, should also be considered. Remember, you are buying a car, not a deal.

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Tesla introduces financing product for Model S customers; lease-sale hybrid

Green Car Congress

Essentially, said Tesla CEO Elon Musk in a conference call describing the product, the new approach allows one to buy a new Model S for no money down net of the tax credit and as low as about $500 net out of pocket cost per month, depending upon the model, specific state incentives, and personal parameters (e.g.,

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2023 Detroit Auto Show Recap – Where Have All the Cars Gone?

The Truth About Cars

Press conferences, for one – there were only three – and a fourth reveal the night before. From what I understand, most shows don’t publicly share their financials, but my anecdotal observations seem to suggest that folks are buying tickets – and that includes this post-pandemic period. Hey, what can I say?

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Gulf oil giants Saudi Aramco, Adnoc set sights on lithium – ET Auto

Baua Electric

Concentration and price collapse For now, global economic weakness has depressed buying of new vehicles and led lithium prices to dive. One of the people said Aramco was working on using new filtration technology that seeks to solve the issue of concentration, while another person said Adnoc was also addressing that.

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Tesla drivers have smoke blown in their faces | Opinion

EV Central

I wouldn’t say he sounds smug and self-satisfied, because I hate understatement too much, but I would say he seems unlikely to buy an electric car any time ever. Personally, I think it’s time for fines to be levied on wilful stupidity. The post Tesla drivers have smoke blown in their faces | Opinion appeared first on EV Central.

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Say it ain’t so: BMW, Volkswagen, and Renault take aim at Europe’s ICE ban

Baua Electric

The heads of BMW, Volkswagen, and Renault have spoken out against European Union’s emission targets in recent days, arguing that the phase-out rules put too much pressure on the industry and that consumers aren’t buying EVs fast enough. Still, Zipse is urging the EU to turn down the pressure. “By Get started here.

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Deloitte suggests Gen Y’s embrace of hybrid vehicles may be auto market’s tipping point

Green Car Congress

According to Giffi, Gen Y consumers may be the game changers in the United States because, at nearly 80 million strong, they are one of the biggest domestic automobile buying market segments and the largest consumer segment since the baby boomers. Deloitte conducted the survey in September and October 2011. —Joe Vitale.

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